Megan Tapper
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| Birth name | Megan Simmonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1994 Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Megan Tapper (née Simmonds; born 18 March 1994) is a Jamaican athlete competing in the
2017 World Athletics Championships
in London where she made it to the semi-finals. In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth games finishing 7th in the final. In 2019, she was a member of the Jamaican shuttle hurdles relay in Yokohama, Japan as well as the team in Doha, Qatar at the world championships where she made the final in the 100m hurdles.
She has qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.53 seconds set in Tokyo in 2021. She celebrated her third-place finish with the flag of her country wrapped around her, exuding the same joy she exhibits routinely.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Jamaica
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| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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1st | 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 13.64 (w) |
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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1st | 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 14.32 | |
| Youth Olympic Games | Singapore | 4th | 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 13.62 | |
| 2011 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Montego Bay, Jamaica
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2nd (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.82 (w)1 |
| World Youth Championships | Lille, France
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6th | 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 13.78 | |
| 2013 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.89 |
| 2014 | NACAC U23 Championships
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Kamloops, Canada | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 13.06 (w) |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.90 | |||
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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14th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.95 |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom
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11th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.93 |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia
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7th | 100 m hurdles | 13.18 |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru
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3rd | 100 m hurdles | 13.01 |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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5th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.611 | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
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3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.55 |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 9th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.52 |
| NACAC Championships | Freeport, Bahamas | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 12.68 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.49 | |||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary
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7th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.55 |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom
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11th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 8.00 |
1Did not finish in the final
References
- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Levy, Leighton. "Winning second national 100m hurdles title was like a miracle says Megan Tapper". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
